Las Vegas has museums dedicated to neon, organized crime and Liberace’s cars. This weekend, it wants to be known for some of its classier fare—its Picassos.

On Saturday, in a ballroom of the Bellagio Hotel & Casino, Sotheby’s plans to auction off 11 works by the Spanish master owned by gambling giant MGM Resorts International . Sotheby’s estimates their combined worth at around $70 million.

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